A UN-backed court for Lebanon will sentence two Hezbollah members in their absence Thursday for the 2005 assassination of former premier Rafic Hariri in what could be the cash-strapped tribunal's final act.The Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL), which is based in the Netherlands, found Habib Merhi and Hussein Oneissi guilty on appeal in March over a huge bombing which killed Hariri and 21 others and injured 226.
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Operatives convicted in absentia of assassinating Rafik Hariri are unlikely to serve time as terror group refuses to hand them over; third man sentenced earlier also still at large
Pair unlikely to serve as terror group has refused to hand them over; UN-backed tribunal found earlier ruling 'erred' with claim of lack of evidence of Syria, Hezbollah involvement
The Special Tribunal of Lebanon (STL) sentenced Habib Merhi and Hussein Oneissi to life in prison Thursday for their part in a bombing that killed Lebanon s ex-premier Rafic Hariri. Merhi and Oneissi.